Injustice, Not Kaepernick’s Protest, Should Disturb Us
if we’re more troubled by Kaepernick sitting in quiet protest than we are about police brutality against African-Americans, it’s high time for some personal reflection of our own.
Gay People Are Not An Issue: How Jesus Changes Minds
Ultimately, marriage equality and being both open and affirming of people of all sexual/gender identities and orientations in our larger Christian community are not issues: they are people.
Is Jesus a Revolutionary?
I’m starting to think that Che Guevara and the Jesus of the Gospel according to Mark have an awful lot in common.
Five Reasons Post-Christianity is Good for Followers of Jesus
Anyone who has been paying attention knows that Christianity is in decline in the western world by all accounts.
How Would Jesus Vote on Hot Topics?
JULY 22, 2014 | BY: CHRISTIAN PIATT -- Asked how they believe Jesus would vote on various hot current topics, here’s a run-down of the results...
Five Reasons Churches Need to “Come Out” on LGBTQ Rights
JUNE 26, 2014 | BY: CHRISTIAN PIATT -- Our entire family, including my wife, Rev. Amy Piatt, and my two kids, took part in the Portland Gay Pride parade...
UCC Church Sues State for Marriage Equality
APRIL 29, 2014 | BY: CHRISTIAN PIATT -- Never before has a major Christian denomination sued state government in the....
Doing the White Guy Shuffle on Late Night…
APRIL 24, 2014 | BY: CHRISTIAN PIATT -- There is a seismic shift of sorts underway in the landscape of late-night television...
Daystar’s Day of Reckoning: My Interview with NPR’s John Burnett
APRIL 6, 2014 | BY: CHRISTIAN PIATT -- John Burnett looked into religious TV networks like Daystar (founded by Marcus and Joni...
Why Should the Church Care About Marriage?
MAR 22, 2014 | BY: CHRISTIAN PIATT -- For some, the Church is the final bastion in the culture war to preserve the notion held by some...